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New Advances in High-Technology Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
- Source :
- Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 22:1165-1180
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- Radiotherapy has an integral role in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Although radiotherapy has the potential to cure patients with advanced disease it also carries the potential for significant long-term morbidity. New technologies in the setting of head and neck radiotherapy are emerging, which have the potential to increase the cure rate and decrease toxicity. These new technologies include improved radiotherapy treatment design (intensity modulated radiation therapy) and improved planning and implementation (image-guided radiation therapy). Some of these advances are discussed in this article.
- Subjects :
- Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Salivary Glands
Head and neck radiotherapy
Internal medicine
medicine
Advanced disease
Humans
Radiation Injuries
Radiation treatment planning
Image-guided radiation therapy
business.industry
Head and neck cancer
Dose fractionation
Hematology
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
medicine.disease
Radiography
Radiation therapy
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Larynx
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08898588
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....46782322fd9825cc5dcc25be97199c43